That’ll switch spaces which makes more logical sense as they’re stably ordered left to right and apps (unless pinned to a space as a full or split screen app) are not.
On Windows it's 4-finger swipe left/right but it's not possible to switch between apps on macOS via gestures without 3-rd party apps. That's why I didn't get that 'compromise on UX' statement. MacOS gesture support is poorer compared to Windows (at least for my workflow) but on the hardware side Mac's Trackpad is superior.
Gesture based Window management has been around on Macs since early versions of OSX and is feature that Microsoft has attempted to copy, poorly.
> An interesting addition is the ability to use a three finger swipe up gesture to activate the new Task View feature of Windows 10. Not only does Task View look like OS X’s Mission Control (Exposé) feature, the three finger swipe up is the same gesture. Microsoft is also borrowing the three finger swipe left and right to activate switching between apps
Well, no. It's the part where you claimed that "it's not possible to switch between apps on macOS via gestures" that tells me you aren't familiar with how the Mac works.
On Windows it's 4-finger swipe left/right but it's not possible to switch between apps on macOS via gestures without 3-rd party apps. That's why I didn't get that 'compromise on UX' statement. MacOS gesture support is poorer compared to Windows (at least for my workflow) but on the hardware side Mac's Trackpad is superior.